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No. 501,171. Patented July 11,1893.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TRUMAN A. SHAIV, OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO SAMUEL T. SNIFFEN, OF SAME PLACE, AND JOSEPH TILTON, OF

YORK, N. Y.

PAINT-KEG.

$PEOIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,171, dated July 11, 1893. Application filed August 16, 1892- Serial No. 443,268. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

I Be it known that I, TRUMAN A. SHAW, a citizen of the United States, residing at White Plains, Westchester county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paint-Kegs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters marked thereon, which form partof this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved removable head for paint kegs, barrels, and similar receptacles composed of staves, and it consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularly described and pointed out in the claim.

In United States Patent No. 28,712, issued to George W. Banker June 12, 1860, is disclosed a method of removably securing the head of a barrel in place that consists in forming screw threads directly upon the inner face of the upper ends of the staves and complementarily threading the edge of the head, so that the head may be held in place and easily removed by means of the threads. In the use of paint kegs, barrels, and the like, it is often highly desirable that the entire or as near as possible the entire head be removed quickly and securely replaced and at the same time be liquid and air-tight. But it has been found that Bankers construction does not fulfill these requirements, and so far as is known it has not been generally or even particularly adopted; Among some of the disadvantages of Bankers device are: the great difficulty in forming the threads rectly upon the staves, the extreme liability to injure the parts in doing this, and the insecurity of the barrel or keg at its threaded end,-thus rendering the barrel or keg leaky. Furthermore, when the entirehead is removed there is nothing remaining to sustain the staves at the end and prevent their collapsing and thus allowing the hoop to fall off or become dislocated.

The particular object of my invention is to improve the Banker device so that substantially the benefit of his idea may be had without experiencing these objections.

In carrying out my invention, I construct the head of two parts, to wit: a ring narrow in the direction of the diameter of the head with its outer edge beveled to fit the croze of the staves whereby it can be easily driven into the top of the barrel in place in the croze, and a central removable portion or disk that may be removed independently of the ring to permit access to the contents of the barrel or the entire space encompassed by the staves, the narrow ring remaining to support and prevent the collapse of the staves.

In the drawings, Figurelis a central vertical section of a keg provided with myimproved head. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of a part of the head. Fig. 3 is a top view of the removable disk or plate; and Fig. t is a perspective view of a key used to open and close the head by removing the disk.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views in which they appear.

Referring to the drawings, the letter K des ignates a keg made of wooden staves provided with a mom and having a bottom B and a head H. The head is composed of the narrow annular part or ring A having its outer croze, as shown, and threaded on its inner edge a with the upper portion of this edge cut away or sloped as at a, and a removable disk or plate O complementarily threaded on its edge 0 to engage the threads at of the ring and also provided with a flange c projecting from the upper part of its edge in the plane of the disk,--the flange having an inclined surface corresponding to the sloping surface on the ring. The threads 0 are designed to come in close contact with those on the inner edge of the ring when the plate or disk is in place. The holes 0 sunk from the outside into the body of the plate are adapted to be engaged by the pins e e on a key E so that the plate may be easily removed. WVhen the disk is removed the ring remains in place and serves to support the ends of the staves.

Itwill be readily seen that by interposing the keg and which when removed discloses nearly edge beveled or constructed to fit into the ringA between the disk and the staves the objections met in Bankers device are obviated; for it is much easier to form the threads on the ring than on the staves; there is no liability to injure the parts of the barrel; there is no loosening of the hoop 0r foroing out of the staves by the repeated removal and insertion of the disk; and the whole head, or the ring without the disk can be driven into place until the beveled outer edge of the ring enters the croze, and when the disk is removed practically the entire head is removed, and

also when the parts are in position a liquidipresence of two witnesses.

tight and durable receptacle is obtained;

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with. a barrel, keg, or other similar receptacle composed of staves having I awrench and constructed to fit within the ring and having its edge complementarily threaded to engage the threads on the ring, whereby the said head may be driven into the barrel and the disk may be removed leaving the ring to support the ends of the staves,

substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in TRUMAN A. SHAW. Witnesses:

WM. RAIMOND BAIRD, J AMES P. Downs. 

